Tips for Business Trips when BF/pumping

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BabyGMomToBe wrote:

First business trip since being back to work.

When on a plane, I plan to pump in the bathroom since I don't want the coworkers I'm traveling with to be exposed to me. But is it bad to hog the bathroom for so long? It's a small plane so there's only 1 bathroom in back and 1 in front.

Re: bringing milk on the plane, looks like I can just bring it and tell them?

How long is the flight? If it were me, I'd rather not pump in the bathroom on a plane...I'd wait and find the family bathroom in the airport before/after. I think you'll cause a bigger scene by taking up the bathroom on the plane for that long and if your goal is to be discreet, I don't think you'll accomplish it on the plane. Plus, if you hit a little turbulence, they're going to ask you to go back to your seat or worse, you could spill all your milk.

I'm traveling in February and April (with LO) but usually have 24oz of extra milk each day so I wasn't sure if I'd just dump it or try to bring it back home from vacation (it will probably be about 150oz total each trip). Wondering if it's even worth it....

I just pack my cooler in my carry on, and when I went through security, I let them know about it. They did a quick test of my hands, then had me open up every bottle and bag (around 8) and they held a test strip over the top to see if the fumes changed it a color. It was a pain, and held up the line, but I was so worried about having it go to waste and was glad I could save what I pumped while on a work trip over night.

I bought a soft sided cooler from target for $11. I used 5 milk storage bags full of ice and rotated them with fresh ice every 5 hours that the flight attendant or airport restaurant bartenders gave me. When I was at the hotel I kept it in the room fridge. When I was in hotels in China without room fridges they kept it in their hotel kitchen fridge locked for me. The Chinese are very much in support of breastfeeding!